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rf 16mm 2.8 - Raw Images (Normal Distance + Closeup)

Started Oct 16, 2021 | Discussions thread
davidwien Contributing Member • Posts: 572
Re: rf 16mm 2.8 - Raw Images (Normal Distance + Closeup)
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I do not understand why people are so concerned about what raw images look like. They are an intermediate step and the complained-about effects they show are expected from them. When made into jpegs, they are cropped to produce the required angle, i.e. 16mm in this case. This also helps remove the vignetting and correct barrel distortion. Other operations are also carried out automatically in the process of producing a final result that can be saved as a jpeg or tiff file. (See other threads.)

When one buys something that has been processed, does one care about what intermediate steps the product went through before one uses it?

In designing rf lenses, Canon accepts that distortions are corrected in preparing the jpeg image. If you dont like this philosophy, why not stay with older lenses and systems?

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